Posts Tagged ‘Project Labor Agreements’

Employee Free Choice Act, The Biggest Battle Yet To Come

Posted by Admin on October 7th, 2009

We wanted to be sure our friends and members in the construction arena saw this item from Portfolio.com regarding project labor agreements:

The battle over PLAs may directly affect only construction companies, but it

Preview of Card Check Fall Out: Union Organizers Boo Opposition

Posted by Admin on September 30th, 2009

Want to know what the world would look like if the Employee Free Choice Act passed? Consider the response when union activists in Pennsylvania found out that opponents of Project Labor Agreements — special interest rules that really only allow unionize employees to work on public, taxpayer projects — were going to meet.

The Commonwealth Foundation reports:

While union members may enjoy these lucrative contracts, PLAs only end up costing taxpayers money and private contactors jobs. Why not give everyone a fair chance to bid on government contracts? This is why State Representatives John Bear and Stan Saylor were holding a press conference in front of the capital